Year: 2021

Northern Trust has been appointed to deliver a range of asset services to the Pendal Group Limited across Australia, UK and Ireland. Northern Trust has also expanded the services it performs for Pendal’s business in the U.S. The appointment by Pendal, a global investment manager with AuM of AUD139.2bn (USD104.4bn), covers its wholly owned subsidiary…

Mirae Asset Global Investments, a Korea-based investment manager with USD218bn AuM, has appointed Citi Australia as provider of custody and fund administration services for its Australian traditional fund business. Kris Walesby, CEO, Mirae Asset Australia said: “We are delighted to partner with a highly experienced partner such as Citi as we strategically look at growth…

The Asset Management Exchange (Ireland) Limited has launched a tax transparent common contractual fund for Storebrand Asset Management, the Nordic manager which has NOK1,058bn (USD120bn) AuM in both private and public markets. AMX provides the fund structure, the management company and the operational set-up, and facilitates the tax reclaim process. This enables UK pension funds…

TMF Group, a Netherlands-based fund and corporate services provider, has appointed Flavia Micilotta as director, ESG solutions. Prior to joining TMF, she led the sustainability practice at Deloitte in Luxembourg. Before that she was director of the Luxembourg Green Exchange. She will report to Andrew O’Shea, global head of fund services.

Clearstream Australia Ltd has been appointed by J.P. Morgan as its sub-custodian for unlisted managed funds and hedge funds in Australia and New Zealand. After J.P. Morgan withdrew from the sub-custody business in Australia and New Zealand in 2020, Clearstream appointed BNP Paribas as its local provider. Clearstream entered the Australian market in 2019 after…

Citi and Taskize, a Euroclear company, have struck an agreement through which Citi’s custody clients can leverage Taskize’s query management platform to directly connect to their Citi operations counterparts. This collaboration brings together Taskize’s structured workflow capabilities and Citi’s proprietary custody network to create a network effect between Citi, its counterparts and various market infrastructures…

Nordea Investment Funds SA, the largest asset manager in the Nordics, and part of the Nordea Group, has chosen the Temenos Multifonds platform for its transfer agency business in Luxembourg. Nordea Investment Funds provides in-house administration for >EUR100bn (USD110bn) of assets. Temenos claims to serve nine of the top 15 transfer agents in Luxembourg.